Business Unit Description:

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description:

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Lenox, Iowa and often called the "Pearl of the Prairie" is where you can find small town living, focused on family and friends, with big city amenities not far from reach in Des Moines, Omaha, and Kansas City. Located in southwest Iowa, Taylor county, with a population of around 1400, the Lenox area reaches far beyond the city limits with beautiful and productive fields of corn, beans, and other croplands. Lenox holds an amazing four day Rodeo every July and is home to a beautiful 36-9 hole golf course, several fishing and boating lakes, great area hunting, a beautiful city park with swimming pool, and many picnic parks. The MFI location in Lenox produces primarily pre-cooked egg patties. With its friendly atmosphere, safe environment, and progressive spirit, Lenox is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family.

Responsibilities:

JOB SUMMARY:

The operations internship position is involved in manufacturing production achievements and implementation of process improvement activities at Michael Foods, Inc. This position should also build capability and provide a pipeline of future talent for Michael Foods.

JOB ACTIVITIES:

Be part of the plant operations team; assist with daily production activity by partnering with operations supervisory team and work with CI, Quality, and Maintenance team on process improvements and productivity goals for the Plant.

Major responsibilities include:

Adherence to Safety and Environment policy

Compliance to Quality and Food Safety requirements

Understanding Production Demands, Plans and Requirements at SKU level

Leading a team of operators and technicians through day-to-day process execution

Tracking, Monitoring and Drive of Key Process Indicators (KPI’s) resultsOEE and downtime calculations

Process Loss

Cost Impact

Exposure to Key Leadership Competency at work place:Ensure accountability & Direct Works

Manage complexity, Ambiguity & Conflict

Business insights & Financial Acumen

Collaboration & Communicates effectively

Decision Quality

Value Differences

Customer focus

Plans and align

Opportunity to involved in:Productivity Teams: Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement activities

Data collection and manipulation

Process and Equipment capability analysis

Work with Maintenance and Operations Team on equipment trouble shooting and equipment setup

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

Current enrollment in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree program related to business management or engineering field.

Basic understanding on OEE, plant performance, root cause analysis, process continuous improvement and Six Sigma tools/improvement cycle

Excellent verbal and oral communication skills and be able to influence others.

Eager to learn and challenge yourself; self-directed, detail oriented, reliable and strong initiative

Strong statistical skills include but not limited to statistical process control (SPC), capability analysis, linear regressions, categorical data analysis and design of experiment (DOE).

Microsoft Office user capabilities and any CMMS experience is a plus

Be able to work 10 consecutive weeks during the months of May through August 2019.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all of the duties required of the position.